2 February 2023
We do not preach only one coming of Christ, but a second as well, much
more glorious than the first. The first coming was marked by patience; the
second will bring the crown of a divine kingdom…At the first coming he was
wrapped in swaddling clothes in a manger. At his second coming he will be
clothed in light as in a garment. In the first coming he endured the cross,
despising the shame; in the second coming he will be in glory, escorted by an
army of angels. We look then beyond the first coming and await the second… Our
Lord Jesus Christ will therefore come from heaven. He will come at the end of
the world, in glory, at the last day. For there will be an end to this world,
and the created world will be made new.
Saint Cyril of Jerusalem
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